South Austin Gym — Local services in Austin

Please do not waste your money. I do not even write reviews EVER but I have to because me and my husband both had hard time ending our contract. The first problem is that they do not manage their own payment system. It is done by a third party. They literally refer you to the third party for any issues with your payment. When I signed up for my contract I was told that my contract was for 6 months including the month that I signed up(makes sense) but when they took out money on the 7th month, I called them and the owner's wife was rude and basically told me I need to learn how to read. I had to hang up on her because she was so disrespectful. A month later my husband told them that we were moving to another city and he wanted to end his contract(a clause in contract and verbally told by the person when we signed our contract), they gave him WRONG email address of the third party who takes care of their payments. We emailed then in April with the proof that we have moved to another city. We realized in September that they were still taking out payments($125/ month) from his account. We contacted the payment company and they just emailed us today that they will take out another payment in October and it will stop in November. This is after we forwarded them the proof of email in April to the wrong email address that was provided to us(word "systems"was missing from incorrect email address). There are much better gyms out in that area who do better business.The instructors are good and they are friendly but please do not sign a contract or just sign a month to month contract. I know that it is not that difficult to just call the payment company(third party) and let them know about the wrong email address and they could have easily returned our overpayments. And just to also make clear, my husband has not been to that gym since February 2019. Please do not...

I took boxing and kickboxing classes at this gym for about a year and half and have worked with many of the instructors: Randy (gym owner), Mo, Tyler, Vaughn, Kaiden (i think?), and a few other guys that are no longer teaching there or whose names I didn't get. There was one trainer I didn't like too much (Lorenzo, no longer at the gym) but otherwise, they all have had a great attitude and are knowledgeable and experienced, and classes had a good balance between theory (bag work, drills) and practice (dutch drills, light sparring). The reality is that most people need to be hit a couple of times to be "taught" the importance of keeping your guard up, footwork, etc, and so you need the occasional sparring to develop good habits. I was concerned with head injuries and excessively violent students/instructors but I have found that, at least for the boxing and kickboxing classes, there is a healthy emphasis on control and proper technique. I really appreciated that side of the class and it was what kept me coming back. Even when Tyler was kicking my legs into jello, or Mo was slipping upper cuts through my defense, I found it instructive and helpful rather than discouraging because they had excellent control and were showing me weaknesses. If you are interested in boxing only as exercise, this is not the place to go. If you are interested in learning and practicing boxing or kickboxing technique as a fighter, you will find good and varied company here. If I wasn't leaving the city to go back to school, I'd renew my membership ($1k per year) and...

TL;DR: This gym and the instructors are awesome. Go here.

This is a great gym! I've trained in martial arts of different sorts since I was a kid, I love it. It's the only exercise that I can stick with! I needed to tighten up my boxing, (which is sloppy), so I checked out South Austin Gym. After one Kickstarter lesson, I signed up. Unfortunately, a week later in judo class at another gym, my MCL and meniscus were injured when a guy who didnt yet know how to fall correctly landed on my right knee. I had to do rehabilitation and stop training. South Austin Gym was kind enough to freeze my account for a short time! Here it is, several months later, and I am able to attend boxing classes to try and get in shape again (it's going to be a task: I let myself go), and I am hooked! Next week will only be my third week of regular training in a long time and I can't wait to get back at it. When I get my wind back, I'm going to do the kickboxing classes, too. The boxing coaches (I do day classes) Rudy, Mo, Zach and Mike are all professional and supportive. Haven't had the chance to take classes from Coach Palmer yet but he is always at the gym and seems to be a nice guy. All the other students in the classes are also supportive and fun to workout with. If you are looking for a gym to help you get started in combat sports or whip you in shape because you've been sandbagging it (like me), this is the place...